This weeks Famitsu numbers

Hardware

DSL 83000
PSP 62000
PS2 11000
PS3 16000
Wii 35000
360 3500

Software top ten

1. FFTA2 (DS)
2. Ar-tonelico 2 (PS2)
3. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (DS)
4. Winning Eleven DS Goal X Goal (DS)
5. DS Bungaku Zenshuu (DS)
6. Imabiki (PS3)
7. God of War 2 (PS2)
8. Gundam Battle Chronicle (PSP)
9. Wii Sports (Wii)
10. Ghost Squad (Wii)

[pwnsause]

wow, PS3 is outselling the PS2, which is a good thing.

[MK_Red]

Agreed. It's great to see people are finally moving from PS2 to PS3.

[mikeslemonade]

PS3 always sold or tied the PS2 sales in Japan.

[ruibing]

Did the Wii just go up? I swear last week's numbers (not from Famitsu) had PS3 getting pretty close to tying with the ii.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

360 am pwn3d this week... AGAIN lol

[cow moolester]

Its a bit mixed up that list...It should read:
DSL
PSP
Wii
PS3
PS2
360

[PS360WII]

Yes it is good that PS3 is outsell PS2 ^^

Glad FF TA2 is out for Japan just means it's getting closer to releasing in the states. Wasn't a fan of the story for the first gba one but you can't stay to mad when the gameplay is what really counts. It's suprising that Wii Sports is still on the list and I'm sure this'll be the only week Ghost Squad is on the top ten, but who knows right.

Also what Imabiki for PS3?

[lilwingman]

I can't believe Wii Sports is still selling consistently... it's like people who don't even have Wiis are buying it.

[thereapersson]

it's like there are more copies of it out there than wii's!

[Xi]

and it's sold seperate.

[ItsDubC]

Ya Wii Sports is only bundled w/ the Wii in NA and EU as far as I know. But I think it sells for less than full price in Japan. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

And the DS continues to lay the veritable smack down...

[Xi]

I'm suprised by the preformance of the 360 in japan, still sitting at 3500 systems a week when earlier this year it found itself barely breaking the 1500 mark. I think ms is slowly but surely building a name in japan.

[hazeblaze]

lol @ being proud of 3500 p/week. The 360 sales are just dropping again. They were boosted to 7000 following the release of Halo 3 but now they're trailing off again. The 360 is dying in Japan.... after the release of Lost Odyssey it will officially be dead.

[Bill Gates]

360 has OFFICIALLY become a JOKE....ahahahha

[gamesblow]

By the time the next xbox is out (roughly late 2009) they should ahve just reached a million units sold over there in Japan. Good on them! This is the biggest failure I've ever seen over there. I thought the N-gauge was bad... I thought the Neo geo pocket was bad... This takes the cake over in Japan. The xbox 360 is without a doubt the biggest flop in gaming history overseas.

[KeiZka]

While Neogeo was purely a console, N-Gage was also a mobile phone, which happens to be Nokia's main area. That foray into gaming by Nokia was... how I'd say it... doomed even in the beginning.

[mighty_douche]

get your clip-board to.... got it? ok good...

now we can all act like company exec's and states reason why sales numbers are good things for gamers...

must be a slow news day....

[killer_trap]

my system sold more than your system...lalala lalala.....LOL

[SmokeyMcBear]

yeah its pretty much more fanboy fodder to state numbers, its like a never ending cycle man

[The Karate Kid]

Just wait until the white 40 gig hits!

[sonarus]

Are these media create numbers???

[gtgcoolkid]

What the heck is Imabiki?

On a side note, can't wait to see the PS3 sales numbers when the 40 Gig and white hit Japan. Should be storm between PS3 (new sku) and Wii (powered by galaxy)

[sonarus]

imabaki is the story horror game released in japan. If you have a ps3 and a japan account you can dwnload the demo. Its in japanese but you can at least get an idea of how the game is

[RiceFiend]

Wii:360 => 10:1 ownage

[wangdiddy82]

so whats up with all the websites saying the 360 is starting to sell well or is building momentum in japan? Sure doesnt look like it.. It does look like the ps3 is though.. And once the 40 gig ps3 drops over there it on like donkey kong..

[sonarus]

Well for a console that sometimes sells below 1,500, 3000 sales and up could be considered as momentum. The new elite jst launched and i predict is the real result for the increase in sales. By the time the white ps3 launches expect ps3 sales to go up. I can definetly see it surpassing wii sales if wii sales remain this low

[XxZxX]

I totally can feel xbox 360 momentum in Japan and Europe.

[forum_crawler]

Wii > PS3 + PS2 + 360

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There really are lots of old people in Japan playing wii, that's the only logical explanation. All of the very mature true gamers (in the 15-18 yrs old range) know better and buy other consoles...

... I'm being sarcastic here...

[ItsDubC]

ROFL. The Japanese are known to live longer lives, so I guess that makes for a lot of Wii-playing...

[solar]

it still boggles my mind how the DS, PSP, handhelds in general sell so freakin crazy over in japan. can someone enlighten me?